5 posts and columns on phone calls

Voices

Ring, Ring. Hi, It's Google

in News on December 23, 2010 at 9:33 pm PT

Google Inc., which helped popularize the idea of automated ad sales on the Web, has been quietly turning to an old-fashioned tool–phone calls–to compete in the hot market for local business advertising.

magicJack: Cheap, Way Overhyped, But Really Works

in Personal Technology on February 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT

Walt reviews magicJack, an Internet-based device for making phone calls from a computer.
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AT&T Announces New “We Had to Because Verizon Did” Pricing Plans

in News on January 15, 2010 at 4:52 pm PT

When Verizon Wireless announced in February 2008 that it would offer unlimited mobile phone calls for a flat rate of $99.99 a month, it took AT&T a matter of hours to craft a similar rate plan and issue a press release touting it. No surprise then that Verizon’s announcement this morning of a $69.99-a-month nationwide voice plan and an $89.99-a-month voice-and-text plan was quickly followed by AT&T’s announcement of similar offerings.

Ministry of Love? How May I Direct Your Call?

in News on February 13, 2008 at 10:13 am PT

If the federal government expands its existing surveillance powers any more, it’s going to be able to supply the White House power grid with electricity generated exclusively by the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. The U.S. Senate approved espionage legislation yesterday that would not only grant the National Security Agency sweeping new powers to [...]